Problems of linguistic-historical reconstruction in Africa

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Though geographically bound by their respective languages under discussion, the contributions to this publication still bear high relevance to African historical linguistics in general. Language reconstruction and comparative studies benefit from phonological, lexical, morphological, syntactical and semantical case studies. Further topics of the text include discussions on methods and theories of African historical-comparative linguistics. — Preface. Pascal Boyeldieu / Pierre Les langues soudaniques centrales – essai d’évaluation. Gerrit J. Reconstructing the Historical Development of Nilotic – A Testcase for Cladistic and Rhizotic Models of Genetic Affinity. Axel The Reconstruction of Lexical Semantics in Bantu. Zygmunt The Historical Connection between the Movement away Marker and the Associative Preposition. Tom Gü Greenberg’s “Case” for Khoisan – The Morphological Evidence. Victor Hamito-Semitic Aspect System – The Case of Semitic and Berber. Konstantin Niveaux linguistiques et problèmes de reconstruction dans les langues atlantiques. Rainer How to Comprehend the Obvious? Linguistic Variation and Dialect Geography – The African Experience